Chapter 489: The Human Frontline
The zombie horde rapidly closed in on the human defensive line.
Fully armed warriors roared as they charged forward, wielding battle axes and cleavers!
Meanwhile, the Bronze Armored Zombies remained in the back, unmoving.
There weren’t many of them—compared to the hundreds of thousands of regular zombies, there were only a few hundred Bronze Armored Zombies.
But each one of them possessed combat strength equal to a Superhuman!
Upon seeing them, Xiao Honglian felt a chill run down her spine.
She vividly remembered how one of these monsters had torn Dong Hu apart in their last battle.
"How the hell are we supposed to fight that many Bronze Armored Zombies?"
He had assumed these creatures were extremely rare, yet now hundreds of them had appeared!
Xiao Honglian's sword-like eyebrows furrowed as she bellowed, "What’s there to fear? However many come, we kill that many!"
At this point, there was no turning back—the only option was to fight to the death!
No matter how overwhelming the numbers seemed, battle was the only answer!
The zombie horde was strategic—they sent in the mutant rats and regular zombies first, forcing the humans to expend their energy.
Then, when the frontline was weakened, the Bronze Armored Zombies would move in as the elite force to finish the job.
What they didn’t realize, however, was that Zhang Yi had already marked them as his prey.
Lying prone on the balcony of a high-rise, Zhang Yi switched to a massive anti-materiel sniper rifle, chambering a special armor-piercing round.
His crosshairs locked onto a Bronze Armored Zombie’s triangular skull—more specifically, its eye socket.
"Let’s see if you can surprise me."
The thunderous shot echoed across the battlefield.
The armor-piercing bullet—enhanced with Tianhai City’s strongest Spatial Superhuman Energy and crafted from specialized materials—punched into the zombie’s skull!
The sheer impact slammed the zombie to the ground.
But its skull was absurdly durable—the bullet hadn’t pierced all the way through!
However, the moment the high-energy round entered its cranial cavity, it ignited the zombie’s brain matter!
Unlike regular zombies, Bronze Armored Zombies possessed intelligence.
Or rather, they were a completely different existence—they had a form of life beyond simple reanimation.
The injured zombie let out a furious, agonized roar, wildly flinging nearby zombies aside before finally collapsing.
Zhang Yi’s lips curled into a wide grin.
After his last encounter with Bronze Armored Zombies, Zhang Yi had spent countless hours preparing at the Shelter.
With intelligence gathered from Liang Yue and Uncle You, he had a solid understanding of their defenses.
Using that data, he had modified his sniper rounds to maximize their destructive power.
That last shot? It could’ve pierced the armor of a tank!
And now, all that effort had paid off.
"Alright then—let’s keep going."
Zhang Yi knew that Bronze Armored Zombies posed the biggest threat to the human factions.
So, he began systematically hunting them down.
Their massive frames made them impossible to miss.
Adjusting his scope, Zhang Yi focused entirely on their eyes.
The anti-materiel sniper rifle roared, and bullets streaked through the night sky, striking one Bronze Armored Zombie after another before they even had a chance to react.
One by one, the towering monsters collapsed into the zombie horde.
The sight sent shockwaves through the human ranks.
A moment ago, they had been terrified of these elite zombies.
Now, they were watching them get taken out like weeds being cut down!
"Someone’s actually sniping Bronze Armored Zombies?! Who the hell is doing this?"
Following the trajectory of the bullets, they turned their gaze toward the high-rise.
And there, standing tall with a sniper rifle in hand, was Zhang Yi.
Xiao Honglian, Wei Dinghai, and the others stared in stunned silence.
So this was Zhang Yi’s power?
They couldn’t help but recall the Five Armies Battle from before.
Back then, Zhang Yi had single-handedly turned the tide against them, forcing their forces into a state of absolute caution.
But this time—his strength had evolved even further!
"Zhang Yi... what a terrifying man," Xiao Honglian murmured.
Wei Dinghai sighed. "We’d better avoid making an enemy of him in the future. Otherwise, we might not even realize how we got played to death."
But right now, Zhang Yi was on their side.
His sniper kills on the Bronze Armored Zombies sent a surge of morale through the allied troops!
Zhang Yi had proven that these seemingly unstoppable monsters could be slain.
With their fear diminishing, the soldiers roared in fury and charged forward to clash with the zombie horde!
At the same time, Superhumans from all factions entered the battle!
Across the defensive lines, thousands of warriors stood like a frail wall of straw, barely holding back a wave of over a hundred thousand zombies!
And yet, this seemingly fragile line of defense was forcing the horde to a standstill!
On the battlefield, Xing Tian sat astride his massive Demon Wolf, his expression unyielding—like indestructible metal.
A radiant white light surged from his body, enveloping him entirely before spreading to the warriors behind him.
This ability empowered the entire force, granting them a massive boost in morale and combat strength!
Their bodies visibly transformed, becoming bulkier, tougher, and brimming with energy.
With massive battle axes in hand, they let out earth-shaking roars, their voices drowning out even the zombie horde’s cries!
Xing Tian raised a colossal battle axe, taller than himself and as wide as a wooden door, before leaping off his Demon Wolf—slamming straight into the zombie horde!
The whirlwind force of his axe swept through the battlefield, cleaving dozens of zombies in half in a single swing!
With their commander leading the charge, his warriors were not about to lag behind.
They roared and crashed into the horde, engaging in brutal melee combat!
Meanwhile, the massive Demon Wolf lunged into the fray, unleashing a freezing breath, turning a vast number of zombies into ice sculptures.
With a mighty shake of its body, the frozen zombies shattered into pieces.
Among the five major factions, only Qingfu Base’s warriors were willing to fight the zombie horde head-on !
Surprisingly, the faction facing the least pressure was Chaoyu Base.
By combat strength alone, they weren’t the strongest of the five factions.
After the Five Armies Battle, their fighting force had been cut in half!
But on this blizzard-covered battlefield, Wei Dinghai’s【Ice and Snow Lord】ability was too overwhelming.
"One-on-one combat isn't my strong suit," Wei Dinghai declared.
"But in the realm of ice and snow—I am king!"
Clad in frost-forged armor, he raised both hands high.
Within seconds, across a thousand-meter radius, the thick layers of ice beneath the battlefield shattered violently!
Thousands of zombies, caught off guard, plummeted into gaping snow pits, instantly buried beneath an avalanche of ice!
For Wei Dinghai, clearing out lesser zombies was effortless.
Sure, these creatures couldn’t truly be killed, but killing them wasn’t the goal tonight.
Their mission was to stall the horde, buying time for the Investigation Team!
As Wei Dinghai swept his hands across the battlefield, massive fields of snow erupted, turning the battlefield into a chaotic mess.
His movements were graceful, like a maestro conducting an orchestra, with the frozen battlefield dancing at his command.
The once solid, trampled ground was now a death trap, where zombies struggled desperately to escape.
With their insanely high numbers, many zombies ended up tripping and piling over each other, leaving them stuck in the icy trenches.
For now—the human frontline held strong!